2018 NCRI Cancer Conference Sunday 4 November – Tuesday 6 November 2018 Programme Details Sunday 4 November Sunday, 4 Nov 2018 BASO – ACS Annual Scientific Conference 2018 09:00-19:00 External Sunday, 4 Nov Opening speech 2018 Speaker: The Right Honourable Nicola Sturgeon, MSP, First Minister of Scotland 13:00-13:15 Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Chromosomal order and chaos: Cancer evolution and immune evasion 2018 Chair: Margaret Frame, University of Edinburgh, UK 13:15-13:55 Speaker: Charles Swanton, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Applying genetic information to prevent colorectal cancer 2018 Chair: Owen Sansom, CRUK, Beatson Institute, UK 13:55-14:35 Speaker: Malcolm Dunlop, University of Edinburgh, UK Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Molecular imaging of immunotherapies 2018 Chair: Gillies McKenna, CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, UK 14:35-15:15 Speaker: Sam Gambhir, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Exhibition opens 2018 15:00-00:00 Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Coffee break, networking, exhibition and poster viewing 2018 15:15-15:45 Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 15:20-15:40 Silent theatre 1 - Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 15:20-15:40 Silent theatre 2 - Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Welcome speech from Lord Provost office 2018 Speaker: Bailie Siddique, Glasgow City Council 15:45-15:50 Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Brain tumours – preclinical to clinical 2018 Chair: Margaret Frame, University of Edinburgh, UK 15:50-16:30 Speaker: Richard Gilbertson, CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Sunday, 4 Nov Tumour immunology and metabolic immunotherapy 2018 Chair: Susan Critchlow, Astrazeneca, UK 16:35-18:35 Presenter: Marta Canel, University of Edinburgh, UK Lomond Speaker: Martin Miller, CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK Auditorium Speaker: Saverio Tardito, CRUK Beatson Institute, UK Speaker: Vincenzo Bronte, Federazione Ricerca Biomedica Avanzata Onlus, Italy Sunday, 4 Nov Melanoma discovery and medicine 2018 Chair: Elizabeth Patton, CRUK Edinburgh Centre 16:35-18:35 Presenter: Sathya Muralidhar, University of Leeds, UK Dochart Speaker: David Adams, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK Speaker: Richard Marais, CRUK Manchester Institute, UK Speaker: Richard White, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, USA Sunday, 4 Nov Data driven technologies 2018 Chair: David Weller, University of Edinburgh, UK 16:35-18:35 Speaker: Andrew Morris, Health Data Research UK Carron Speaker: Eva Morris, University of Leeds, UK Speaker: Richard Martin, University of Bristol, UK Sunday, 4 Nov What does multi-morbidity mean for cancer treatment and outcomes 2018 Chair: Peter Murchie, University of Aberdeen, UK 16:35-18:35 Presenter: Abdulqadr Akinoso-Imran, Queens University Belfast, UK M2-4 Presenter: Eilidh Fletcher, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland, UK Speaker: Alison Fielding, NCRI Consumer Forum, UK Speaker: David Blane, University of Glasgow, UK Speaker: Katriina Whitaker, University of Surrey, UK Sunday, 4 Nov Cancer research strategy and implementation 2018 Chair: Kenneth Calman, University of Glasgow, UK 16:35-18:35 Speaker: David Dunlop, Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office, UK M1 Speaker: David Fitzgerald, NHS England, UK Speaker: Iain Frame, CEO, NCRI Speaker: Tom Crosby, Wales Cancer Network, UK Sunday, 4 Nov Modelling the biology of glioblastoma 2018 Chair: Simona Parrinello, University College London, UK 16:35-18:35 Presenter: Antonio Garcia-Trinidad, Astrazeneca, UK Boisdale Presenter: Kathreena Kurian, University of Bristol, UK Speaker: Anthony Chalmers, University of Glasgow, UK Speaker: Peter Dirks, Sick Kids, Canada Speaker: Steve Pollard, University of Edinburgh, UK Sunday, 4 Nov Why is cancer so difficult? Understanding and measuring variability 2018 Speaker: Martin Christlieb, University of Oxford, UK 18:40-19:25 M1 Sunday, 4 Nov Breast Cancer Now presents ‘Science Simplified’ 2018 18:40-19:25 Hall 1 Sunday, 4 Nov NCRI Trainee network event 2018 18:40-19:25 Alsh Sunday, 4 Nov Civic reception, networking, poster and exhibition viewing 2018 19:30-21:00 Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 19:40-21:00 Silent theatre 1 - Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 19:40-21:00 Silent theatre 2 - Hall 4 Sunday, 4 Nov Igloo presentations 2018 19:45-20:55 Igloo - Hall 4 Monday 5 November Monday, 5 Nov Early morning jog 2018 07:00-07:30 External Monday, 5 Nov Impact on treatment decision depending on method for Liquid Biopsy testing. Comparative study – Agena 2018 Bioscience sponsored session 08:15-09:00 Speaker: Pierre-Jean Lamy, Institut Médical d’Analyse Génomique, Montpellier, France Carron Monday, 5 Nov Demystifying today’s science 2018 Speaker: Elaine Vickers, Science Communicated Ltd, UK 08:15-09:00 Alsh Monday, 5 Nov Relaxation session 2018 08:15-08:45 Igloo - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Dissecting the tumour microenvironment – tools for cell isolation and flow analysis – Miltenyi Biotec sponsored 2018 session 08:15-09:00 Speaker: Carsten Studte, Global Product Manager, Miltenyi Biotec, UK Dochart Monday, 5 Nov Proffered papers session 2018 Chair: Matt Seymour, NCRI and NIHR, UK 08:15-09:00 Presenter: Joanne Haviland, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK Boisdale Presenter: Nalinie Joharatnam, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, UK Presenter: Rosalind Glasspool, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, UK Presenter: Stephan Dreyer, University of Glasgow, UK Monday, 5 Nov Why is behaviour change so difficult? 2018 Chair: Linda Bauld, University of Stirling, UK 09:05-09:45 Speaker: Theresa Marteau, University of Cambridge, UK Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Monday, 5 Nov Alcohol, endogenous aldehydes and DNA damage in stem cells 2018 Chair: Owen Sansom, CRUK, Beatson Institute, UK 09:45-10:25 Speaker: KJ Patel, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium Monday, 5 Nov Coffee break, networking, exhibition and poster viewing 2018 10:25-11:00 Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Igloo presentations 2018 10:30-10:55 Igloo - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 10:30-10:55 Silent theatre 1 - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 10:30-10:55 Silent theatre 2 - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Recent advances in cancer immunology and immunotherapy 2018 Chair: Sergio Quezada, University College London, UK 11:00-12:30 Speaker: Burkhard Becher, University of Zurich, Switzerland Hall 1 Speaker: Nicholas McGranahan, Francis Crick Institute, UK Speaker: Sine Reker Hadrup, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Monday, 5 Nov A personalised approach to treating patients with haematological malignancies 2018 Chair: Mhairi Copland, University of Glasgow, UK 11:00-12:30 Speaker: Anna Schuh, University of Oxford, UK Alsh Speaker: Paresh Vyas, University of Oxford, UK Speaker: Susanne Saussele, University of Mannheim, Germany Monday, 5 Nov Liquid biopsies in monitoring treatment 2018 Chair: Nicholas Turner, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK 11:00-12:30 Speaker: Johann de Bono, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK Boisdale Speaker: Nitzan Rosenfeld, CRUK Cambridge Institute, UK Speaker: Thomas Wurdinger, Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands Monday, 5 Nov Environmental exposure and cancer prevention 2018 Chair: Linda Bauld, University of Stirling, UK 11:00-12:30 Speaker: John Cherrie, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK M2-4 Speaker: Lion Shahab, University College London, UK Speaker: Marion MacFarlane, MRC Toxicology Unit, UK Monday, 5 Nov Proffered papers session (Prize winners) 2018 Chair: Michelle Garrett, University of Kent, UK 11:00-12:30 Presenter: Amani Mahbub, Umm Al Qura University Carron Presenter: Costanza Lo Cascio, Barrow Neurological Institute, US Presenter: Matthew Fittal, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Presenter: Rebecca Lee, CRUK Manchester Institute, UK Presenter: Sean Lim, University of Southampton, UK Presenter: Seth Coffelt, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, UK Monday, 5 Nov Genomics in the clinic: Context, care and communication 2018 Chair: Sarah Cunningham-Burley, University of Edinburgh, UK 11:00-12:30 Speaker: Anne Kerr, University of Leeds, UK Dochart Speaker: Rikke Sand Anderson, Aarhus University, Denmark Speaker: Sophie Day, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Monday, 5 Nov Lunch, networking, exhibition and poster viewing 2018 12:30-14:00 Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 12:40-13:55 Silent theatre 1 - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov Silent Theatre presentations 2018 12:40-13:55 Silent theatre 2 - Hall 4 Monday, 5 Nov BASO~ACS Session: Surgical Trials Showcase and CREST Award 2018 Chair: Richard Shaw, National Clinical Research Network 12:45-14:00 Chair: Shamaila Anwar, National Clinical Research Network Carron Speaker: John Edwards, Northern General Hospital Speaker: Jonathan Gower, NIHR (CRN) Speaker: Michael Shackcloth, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Speaker: Rakesh Heer, Newcastle University Monday, 5 Nov From research to reality: molecular biomarkers in immuno-oncology – Bristol-Myers Squibb sponsored session 2018 Chair: Gary Middleton, University of Birmingham, UK 13:00-14:00 Speaker: John Gosney, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK Alsh Speaker: Mike Hubank, The Royal Marsden, UK Monday, 5 Nov Dragons’ den 2018 13:00-14:00 M1 Monday, 5 Nov Myeloid innate immunity 2018 Chair: Jeffrey Pollard, University of Edinburgh, UK 14:00-16:00 Speaker: Fran Balkwill, Barts Cancer Institute, UK Dochart Speaker: